Automobile-fender.



G. L. Llsm,y AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JANLIQ. 1912.

1,055,057, .Y Patented Mar. 4, 1913 GEORGE E. IIEGENDRE, 'oF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

. AU'roivioBILEfFEND'ER.

To all whom. it may concern: Be it known th'at I, GEORGE E. LEGENDRE,

a subject of the King of England,and a resi-` dent of the city ofChicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain newand useful Improvements in Automobile-Fenders, of .which the following,is a

. specifica-tion.

My invention relates to improvements in fenders for automobiles, and hasfor its ob'- ject the production of a device of this character which isof simple construction and efficient in operation and may be readilyat'.- taehedto any ordinary automobile.

The invention'consists in the combinations and arrangeinents of partshereinafter de' scribed and claimed.

My invention will be best understood byv reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in 'whiehv y y Figure1 is a side elevation, partially in section, of the forward portion ofan automobile equipped with a fender embodying my invention, -Fig. 2,.apartial top plan .view corresponding with Fig. 1. Fig. 3., an enlargedvertical section taken on line -a: of Fig. 1, Fig. 4, an enlarged,horizontal section taken on line jz/-y of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5, anenlarged vertical section taken on line z e of Fig. 1.

The preferred forin of construct-ion, as

illustrated in `the drawings, comprises two heads 1 made U-shaped attheirlower porL tions to embrace the forward ends of the ordinary sidebars :2 of an automobile. Heads 1 are pivotally7 secured in position bymeans of bolts 3, as indicated in Fig. 3.

Each of the heads 1 is provided with a brace -l which is pivoted to therear portion thereof as indica-ted and cari'ies aty its free end aU-shaped clamping member 5 adapted to embrace the corresponding side bar2, as shown in' Fig. 5.' A perforated clamping bar 6 is placed over theends of the limbs of member 5 and nuts 7 are employed to secure member 5in position, as shown.- Intlieir yupper portions, heads 1 are providedwith yhorizontally extending ,sockets 8 having stop shoulders 9, attheir inner`4 ends. Ihinger rods l() arefpassed through the sockets Sand provided with adjusting nuts 11.`at.'their' Specification of LettersPatent,

Patented Mai.4,1913.

vApplication filed January 19, 1912; Serial No.` 672,161.

inner' ends. ,A compression spring 12 is placed in each of the sockets 8around the corresponding rod 10 andserves 'to hold said plunger rodsnormally in forward posi tion. At its outer end, each of the rods 10carriesA a clamping member 13 adapted to receive and clampthe usualfender 'bar 14, as indicated.

By this construction it will be seen that the heads 1 and consequentlyt-lie fender bar 14 may be readily. secui'ed Ato 'any of the usual formsof automobile, the pivotal menibei's 4 and clamping member 5 allowingfoi" adjustments to accommodate different drop curvatures at the outerends of the side bars 2. The device will be found to be easily andreadily Aapplied and durable and eiicient in service.

hile I have illustrated andv described the preferred forniofconstruction for carrying my invention into'e'eet, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention.' I', therefore, do not wish to be limited to the exactdetailsI of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself' of suchvariations and inoditicatioi'is as come within the scope of the appendedclaim. l

Having described my invention, what I 'claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

The combination with theside bars of an automobile', of spring socketlheads, each having two arms to engage both sides of one ofl said side4bars; a perforated ear on each of said spring socket hea'ds.; a clampsecured to each of said side bars; a zbifurcated link having itsbifurcated end pivotally connected with one of said ears and its other4end pivotally' connected with*- said clamp; plunger rods'operativelymounted in said spring socket heads; springs in said spring socketheadsand'arouiid said plunger rods; and a fender cairied by said plun-'ger rods, substantially as described.

.In testimony` whereof I have signed my nanieto this specification inthe presence of two subscribinowitnesses.

Tienen LEGENDRE.' A lVitnesses: y

JosiIUAR'. H. Po'r'rs,

' HELEN F. LILiiis'.

